UNITED NATIONS TD United Nations Conference on Trade and Distr. GENERAL TD/B/47/7 2 October 2000 Original : ENGLISH TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Forty-seventh session Geneva, 9 October 2000 Item 7 of the provisional agenda OTHER MATTERS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Progressive development of the law of international trade: thirty-third annual report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Note by the UNCTAD secretariat Attention is drawn to the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its thiry-third session, held in New York from 12 June to 7 July 2000 (A/55/17). As provided in section II, paragraph 10, of General Assembly resolution 2205 (XXI), the report is being submitted to the Trade and Development Board for comments or recommendations. Copies of the report will be made available in each language version received, in limited quantities.